3 Former ACT Officials Undergo Verdict Trial In Case Of Embezzlement Of Assistance Funds For Lion Air JT 610 Victims Today

Former president and founder of the Rapid Response Agency (ACT), Ahyudin. (Antara)

JAKARTA - The three former high-ranking officials of the Aksi Cepat Tanggap Foundation (ACT) will undergo sentencing or judgment in the alleged embezzlement of the Boeing Community Investment Fund (BCIF) aid for the families of victims of the Lion Air JT 610 crash today.

The three defendants are Ahyudin, Ibn Khajar, and Hariyana bint Hermain.

"That's right, today is the trial for the verdict in the ACT case," said the Public Relations Officer of the South Jakarta District Court, Djuyamto when contacted, Tuesday, January 24.

In this case, the three were charged with misappropriating donations of IDR 117.98 billion from Boeing. The money is said to have not been used as it should, namely compensation for the heirs of the victims of the Lion Air JT 610 plane crash.

Originally, Boeing had donated US$25 million or IDR 138 billion to the 189 victims of Lion Air JT 610. Thus, each heir should receive US$144,320 or IDR 2 billion.

So, ACT contacted the families of the victims so they agreed to manage the compensation funds in their hands. In fact, with the lure of the funds will be used for the construction of social facilities.

Based on the independent accountant's report on the implementation of mutually agreed procedures regarding the receipt and management of BOEING's BCIF funds from 2018 to 2021, it was revealed that only a small portion of the funds were used.

"From the report, only IDR 20,563,857,503 of the IDR 138,546,388,500 BCIF funds received by the Aksi Cepat Tanggap Foundation (ACT) from Boeing were actually used to implement Boeing activities," said the prosecutor.

While the rest is used for the operations of the ACT Foundation. In fact, some were used for the personal interests of the defendants.

"Among other things, for the payment of salaries and employee THR, it flows to other ACT foundations, to the defendant's personal funds," said the prosecutor.

For that role, they were charged with four years in prison. This is because Ahyudin is believed to have violated Article 374 of the Criminal Code in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code subsidiary to Article 372 of the Criminal Code in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code.

Meanwhile, Ibnu Khajar and Hariyana are believed to have violated Article 374 of the Criminal Code juncto Article 55 paragraph (1) 1st of the Criminal Code.